Open Foundations · Maryland

William S Abell Foundation Inc

Chevy Chase, Maryland · EIN 521435573. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $2.8M across 81 grants in 2024, a median of $25K each.

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$2.8M
paid in 2024
81
grants paid
$25K
median grant
7%
to first-time recipients
$77.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
JANET MILLER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Address
2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE SUITE 700, CHEVY CHASE, MD, 208157033
Phone
2408351831
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
THE BOARD APPROVES GRANTS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AFTER REVIEWING INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY APPLICANTS.
Submission deadline
THE FOUNDATION HAS ADOPTED A TWO CYCLE PER YEAR FUNDING PROGRAM.
Restrictions on awards
N/A

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503149349102415. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

intellectual disabilitiesmargaret powellpregnant womenneedy pregnantabused womenwomen childrenhomelesshungry

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 81 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Jubilee Association of MarylandMD$225,000INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES GRANT
2Pathway Homes IncVA$150,000HOMELESS GRANT & HOMELESSNESS GRANT
3Capital Area Food BankDC$125,000HUNGRY GRANT
4Mamatoto Village IncDC$100,000NEEDY PREGNANT WOMEN GRANT
5A Wider Circle IncMD$75,000HOMELESS GRANT & HOMELESSNESS GRANT
6Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington IncDC$75,000HUNGRY GRANT & HOMELESS GRANT
7Potomac Community Resources IncMD$75,000INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES GRANT
8Social Good FundDC$75,000HOMELESS GRANT
9Help Development CorpNY$60,000HOMELESSNESS GRANT
10Changing PerceptionsDC$50,000HOMELESSNESS GRANT
11Farming 4 Hunger IncMD$50,000HUNGRY GRANT
12L'arche IncDC$40,800INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES GRANT
13Christ Child SocietyDC$40,000INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES GRANT & HOMELESS GRANT & ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN GRANT & NEEDY PREGNANT WOMEN GRANT
14American Muslim Senior SocietyMD$35,000HUNGRY GRANT
15Mary House IncDC$35,000HOMELESS GRANT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202082$2.8M
202180$2.6M
2022103$3.2M
202393$3.1M
202481$2.8M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
District of Columbia47%
Maryland42%
Virginia6%
New York3%
Massachusetts1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Aryn CastleTRUSTEE · 2024
Christina CastlePRESIDENT · 2024
Cindy Work AbellTRUSTEE · 2024
Cleo SchneiderTRUSTEE · 2024
Eleanor NurmiVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Elizabeth SitesTRUSTEE · 2024
Greg AbellTRUSTEE · 2024
Jamison SitesTRUSTEE · 2024
Janet R MillerEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Jennifer ShoopTRUSTEE · 2024
Jessica GanjamieTRUSTEE · 2024
Kelley AbellCHAIR · 2024
Kevin O'c AbellTRUSTEE · 2024
Landon ShoopTRUSTEE · 2024
May Kathryn NolanTRUSTEE · 2024
Mike NolanTREASURER · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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